Fender.



F. n. McALLlNf FENDER.

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FENDER.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. I3. IsI.

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FRANCIS R. MCCALLIN, 0F LONG ISLAND CITY, NEW YORK.

FENDER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 14, 1918.

Application led March 13, 1918. Serial No. 222,087.

To all 'whom it may concern Be it known that I, FRANCIS R. MGCALLIN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Long Island City, in the countyv of Queens and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in .Fenders, of which the following is a specication.

My invention relates to a new and useful improvement in fenders and particularly to a form of fender that is to be used on a trolley or electric car. The form of fender is somewhat similar' to that shown in Letters Patent No. 1,198,140 granted to me on the 12th day of September, 1916 and No. 1,233,589 granted to me on July 17, 1917.

I have found that with the previous devices I had not provided any means to prevent the jarring or shaking of the fender in an upwardy direction. The fender-*when in its set position would operate nicely if struck by a person or other object but the jarring and movement of the trolley car would tend to jolt the fender and cause it to move or jolt upwardly as there was nothing to keep the same pointing in a downward direction except the weight of the fender alone.

An object of my present invention is to so arrange the fender that spring means may be provided to keep the fender from bouncing or jarring upwardly regardless of the jarring and movement of the trolley or electric car to which the same is to be attached.

Another object of my invention is to change the supporting mechanism somewhat, providing in all a better and stronger arrangement and one that may be easily secured or detached from the frame of the car.

Also the fender as herein shown is somewhat easier to construct and cheaper from a manufacturing standpoint.

With these and other objects in view my invention consists in certain new and novel arrangements and combinations of parts as will be hereinafter more fully described and pointed out in the claims.

Referring now to the drawings,

Figure 1 is a vertical sectional view of my improved fender showing the same attached to the sills of a car.

Fig. 2-is a front elevation 0f the same but in a detached position.

Fig. 3 is a top plan view showing a portion of the sills of the car.

Fig. f1 is a detail viewof one of the rear hangers showing a rearward supporting bar clamped thereto, and

Fig. 5 is a detail of slightly modified form of upright hangers for the fender.

Referring now to Fig. 1 for the moment it will be seen that the fender comprises what I term a foundation board 1 which is supported by two upright hangers 2 which hangers are preferably fastened at their upper ends to an angular member 3, which in turn is bolted to the sills of the car 1. These upright hangers 2 may be in the form as shown in Fig. 3 that is having an upwardly extending portion 5, a cross bar G and two outwardly extending portions 7 and the downwardly extending portion 8.

By providing the upright hangers in this form they will support the foundation board 1 heretofore referred to, will be secured to the angular members 3 which are connected to the sills of the car and the downwardly extending portions 8 will act as a stop or limit for the life guard 9 which will be afterward referred to.

If desired however the upright supporting members may be formed as shown in Fig. 5. This modified form shows the upright hangers comprising the upright member 10, the outwardly extending portion 11 f on which is fastened the foundation board 1 and the downwardly extending portion 12, which endsin the same manner as a stop for the life guard 9. In other words, one form is shown as forked and the other form just the one outwardly and downwardly extending arm.

Referring now for the moment to what I term the life guard 9, it will be seen that it comprises the straps or side bars 13 at its opposite ends which are hinged to the foundation board 1, so that it may normally swing from a vertical position to a position as shown in Fig. 1.

Secured to these straps or bars 13 are the cross pieces 14: and any number may he used depending on the distance from the ground to the foundation board and in the different figures I have shown four of them. The life guard may be strengthened by a plurality of strengthening bars or ribs 15 which extend in the same direction as the side bars 13. It will be understood that the foundation board and life guard may be constructed as shown in the two previous patents above noted, they in themselves not constituting the new matter of this invention.-

Bolted to this life guard 9 and to some of the cross pieces 141 and the reinforcingstrips 1 5 are Atwo members 16 which members are provided with eyelets .17, to which secured the chains, 18 which 'are designed to pass over the pulleys 19, which" pulleys are securely fastened 'to the foundation board 1.y T,hesechains 18 extend rearwardly and are fastened to the tension members 2 0,` which tension members are Ifastened to .the under surfaces of the rearwardly extending supporting bars 21, which ywill be. hereinafter mentioned.

It is necessary for the lclfiains 18 topa'ss through these bars 42'1 so openings are provided as s hownat 2'2. The outer ends of the rearwardly Iextending supporting bars 21 are secured to the under surface of the foundation member 1, and the rearward ends are supported by the .downwardly extending rear hangers 28. The upper end of these rear hangers 23 are bolted to the opposite sills of the car as at 24 and the lower ends of these hangers are adapted to pass through clamps 25 which are bolted at the rear ends of the supporting b ars 21, the rear portion of the clamps having a wood filler at its rear ends 26 so that the hanger V23 may betightly held in the clamps 25. The detail view, Fig. l, shows the construction ofthese rear hangers 23 and after the lower ends of the same have been passed through the clamps 25, theoutward ends may be forced slightly upwardly as at 2 7. 1

The tension members 2O are similar to those shown in my previous patents referred to above anditis not thought that a specific description of 'them is necessary.

Referringy now to an important part of the present invention, it is tobe noticed that I have shown two hinge yspring members 28 having their one portion hinged tothe outer edge of the foundation board 1, and their other ends fastenedto an extension 29 which is adapted to contact with the projections 30, which are formed ,on the upper `cross bar Yof the lifeguard. These projections 30 `are simply flanges or lugs which contact with the outer edges of the extensions 29 when Athe life guard 1 is in its set position.

By swinging the lifeguard downwardly to its vertical lposition the lugs orprojections 30 will move away fromA the extensions 29 but they being spring pressed will bear downwardly against the top cross bar and when the lifeguard moves upwardly the said extensions 29 will again contact with the lugs or projections 80, and prevent the said life .guard from moving upwardly beyond its desired position.

The object and purpose of the spring members 287 extensions 29 and projections 30 is to prevent the life guard from raising too far upwardly and also to prevent it from rattling or jolting upwardly when the c'ar is in motion'. The force of the spring members holds the life guard downwardlywith sufficient rpressure to prevent any upward movement as was possible ijn my two previous constructions. of Course' if] a is desiree/t sang are lifeguard upwardly beyond its 'nrr'nal set position it is only 'iiece'ssary tdfdrc the life guard 'downwardly until the extensions are removed from contact with. the proj'ee tions 30, then force the exteiisioi'is29 upwardly so that the proj'ectioifrs vSOwill pass underneath thein and the life guard may then moved as far upwardly as desired, and incase of snow or ice 'on the streets'the 'said life guard may be looled 'to the unde'r portion of the car and kept there'.

I have shownno hangers or h'ols for supporting the life guard in fan uppermost position but it isv understood that any means may be employed, they, vvof course, not entering into the novelty lof the i,nve'nti`o1i. L

As shown in the different' figures, 'further cros s b`ars 34 may be secured 'to the upright hangers '2 or tov tlellian'ge'rs ofthe modified forni as shown iny Fig". ,5, the 'object being to 1provide enough crossb'ar'st'o'pre# vent the body of a 'person from between the lower portion vof the car andthe guard.

It is'to be understood that 'the number lof i cross bars both secured i."t'o,A the upright hangers andthose 'securedffto 'the life 'guard may be changed to lsuit vthe 'different con'- ditions.

From the foregoing it will be seen that in my present form r'invetioa are atx-vnwardly extending portion ,8 yof the hangers 2, or, the ydownw'ardly extending portions 1'2 of the hanger of the modified foi-'m limit `the inward movement of Athe life guard "9. This I have also found a desirable. feature not shown in my preyi'ous patents. Further-1 more the mannerof attaching ythe fender to a car simplified and by Lproviding the hinge spring members 29 all 'upward j oltin'g or rattling of the fender. is donefawayjwith.

It is to be understood as in 'the 'former applications when the life guard is "seit as shown in Figi 1, if ithappens to hita person the 'force of the shock will 'be transmitted through the chains 18 'cnneeted with the life guard 9 to the tension members 20, so that the shock will be reduced as much as possible. After the person is removed from contact with the life guard 9 the tension members through the chains 18 will again pull the life guard to the position shown in Fig. l.

From the foregoing it will also be seen that the principle of the fender is that as shown in the previous applications but with the additional limiting movements for the life guard, the additional anti-rattling devices and a somewhat simplified form of attaching means.

Having thus described my invention what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. A fender comprising two uprights, a foundation board supported by the same, rear hangers adapted to be secured to the sills of a car and supporting bars connecting said rear hangers with said foundation board, a life guard pivotally mounted to said foundation board, adapted to normally be held in an angular position and to move inwardly to a vertical position on impact, tension members for absorbing the shock of impact on said life guards, and the lower portion of said uprights limiting the inward movement of said life guard.

2. A fender comprising two uprights and means secured to the upper end of said uprights for securing the same to the sills of a car, bars extending between said uprights, a foundation board extending between said uprights, two rearward extending supporting bars having their forward ends secured to said foundation board, downwardly extending rear hangers, the lower end of said hangers supporting the said rearward extending supporting bars, their upper ends adapted to be secured to the sills of a trolley car, a life guard pivotally mounted to said foundation board and means connected with said life guard for providing a tension on said life guard, the said two uprights providing downwardly extending portions to limit the rearward movement of said life guard.

3. A fender comprising two uprights, a foundation board extending between said uprights, cross bars also extending between said uprights and positioned 'above said foundation board, two rearwardly extending supporting bars having their forward ends secured to said foundation board and their rearward ends supported by rear hangers, the upper ends of said rear hangers adapted to be secured to 'the sills of a car, a life guard pivotally connected to vthe founda- 'lion board and adapted to be swung inwardly, and tension means for normally keeping the life guard in an angular posirtion and further spring means secured to the foundation board and contacting with said life guard to prevent any upward movement beyond the normal angular position of said life guard.

4. A fender for a car comprising two uprights adapted to be secured at their upper ends to the sills of a car, said uprights extending outwardly and downwardly and a foundation board securely fastened on the outwardly extending portions of said uprights, rearwardly extending means secured to said foundation board to rear hangers, a life guard pivotally secured to said foundation board adapted to be swung from an angular position inwardly to a vertical p0- sition and tension means connected indirectly to said life guard to normally hold the said life guard in an angular position and allow the same to swing inwardly, under contact, spring means secured to said foundation board and also bearing against said life guard to retain the said life guard from swinging upwardly beyond i-ts normal position, said spring means capable of being lifted from said life guard to permit said life guard to be raised beyond the normal position when desired.

5. A fender comprising two uprights, bars extending between said uprights and their upper ends adapted to vbe secured to the sills of a car, a foundation board secured between said uprights, said foundation board provided withtwo guide pulleys, a life guard secured to the outer end of said foundation board, rearwardly extending supporting bars fastened at their forward ends to said foundation board and adapted to be securely held at their rearward end, tensions means secured to said rearwardly extending supporting bars, chains connecting said tensions elements yand passing over said guide pulley and through said supports to said life guard to retain it in its upward position and to take up the impact on said life guard when the same is struck, spring means secured to said foundation board and contacting with stops on said life guard to prevent an upward movement of said life guard beyond its normal position, the said spring means being arranged to be removed from contacting with said life guard so that the said life guard may be swung in an upward position if desired.

6. A fender for cars comprising in part a foundation board, means for supporting said foundation board, a life guard secured to said foundation board and normally occupying an angular position but adapted to be forced inwardly to an upright position in case of impact, means for limiting the rearward movement of said life guard, means for providing a tension on said life guard to take up the shock caused by impact, projections on said life guard and Spring means fastened to said foundation board contacting with said projections on said life guard to normally retain the life guard in its angular position, the spring means being adapted to be removed from contact with the projections on said life guard by swinging the said life guard inwardly and then raising said spring means to thereby permit the lifting of said life guard above its normal position when desired. l 7 A fender comprising in part a foundation board and means for supporting the same, a life guard pivotally secured thereto7 tension meansr connected to saidf life guard to allow -said life guard to swing inwardly under impact, meansv for limiting the inward movement of sai'd life guard and means for limiting the upward movement of said life guard.

In testimony whereof I ai-X my signature. 20

FRANCIS R. MCCALLI'N.

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